AGL 137: People Over Process with Michael K. Levine
About Michael
Michael K. Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology He conducted international trade negotiation at the US Commerce Department, was a corporate banker for First Bank System, and became divisional CIO at Norwest Bank. After a stint at Wells Fargo he joined US Bank to deploy a new branch banking system (bringing lean and agile to a highly structured waterfall environment), then became technology lead for US Bank Home Mortgage. He now leads all consumer lending and business banking technology. His previous books are Tale of Two Systems: Lean and Agile Software Development for Business Leaders, and Tale of Two Transformations: Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life. His third book is People Over Process: Leadership for Agility (Productivity Press, September 30, 2019). He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife, Holly Lindsay. Learn more at TheTalesofAgility.com
Today We Talked About
How Michael got to where is now
Lean vs. Agile
Leadership Tips
Meetings
Agile vs. Scrum
How important People are to leadership
Develop people to do the right kind of work
Chief Engineer - not in scrum but in Lean product development
Rigor, Efficiency, Alignment
Frameworks
A3 framework
Amazon Approach
Behaviors
Provide Options
Helps teams to learn
How to do a good meeting
Meetings to Plan for meetings
Make them valuable
Respect people's time
Informal meetings
Coffee or Beer meeting
Listening and building relationship
Management by walking around
Why write this book? - People over Process
Leadership Models
Facilitative Leadership
Creative Software Development
Valuing People and their autonomy
Balancing Autonomy and Responsibility
Agile is not an excuse not to plan
Biggest Mistakes in Technology Management
Misunderstanding of the nature of the work
Is it creative?
Career Advice
Think about what is valuable to the market
Develop your leadership skills
Make good decisions
Be Efficiency
Align with the business
Connect with Michael
Tales of Agility
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using.
Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
Michael K. Levine is an expert on lean and agile software development and information technology He conducted international trade negotiation at the US Commerce Department, was a corporate banker for First Bank System, and became divisional CIO at Norwest Bank. After a stint at Wells Fargo he joined US Bank to deploy a new branch banking system (bringing lean and agile to a highly structured waterfall environment), then became technology lead for US Bank Home Mortgage. He now leads all consumer lending and business banking technology. His previous books are Tale of Two Systems: Lean and Agile Software Development for Business Leaders, and Tale of Two Transformations: Bringing Lean and Agile Software Development to Life. His third book is People Over Process: Leadership for Agility (Productivity Press, September 30, 2019). He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with his wife, Holly Lindsay. Learn more at TheTalesofAgility.com
Today We Talked About
How Michael got to where is now
Lean vs. Agile
Leadership Tips
Meetings
Agile vs. Scrum
How important People are to leadership
Develop people to do the right kind of work
Chief Engineer - not in scrum but in Lean product development
Rigor, Efficiency, Alignment
Frameworks
A3 framework
Amazon Approach
Behaviors
Provide Options
Helps teams to learn
How to do a good meeting
Meetings to Plan for meetings
Make them valuable
Respect people's time
Informal meetings
Coffee or Beer meeting
Listening and building relationship
Management by walking around
Why write this book? - People over Process
Leadership Models
Facilitative Leadership
Creative Software Development
Valuing People and their autonomy
Balancing Autonomy and Responsibility
Agile is not an excuse not to plan
Biggest Mistakes in Technology Management
Misunderstanding of the nature of the work
Is it creative?
Career Advice
Think about what is valuable to the market
Develop your leadership skills
Make good decisions
Be Efficiency
Align with the business
Connect with Michael
Tales of Agility
Special Thanks to Splashtop for sponsoring today’s show.
Splashtop is a premier remote desktop, and remote support solution. I’ve been using.
Splashtop personal for more than 7 years now and Splashtop Enterprise at my company for 3 years. Their products are fantastic and their support is second to none. I love and highly recommend their products and I’m super stoked that they are giving A Geek Leader listeners 20% off their first year when you go to https://ageekleader.com/splashtop
I hope you enjoyed this show, please head over to Apple Podcast and subscribe and leave me a rating and review, even 1 sentence will help spread the word. Thanks again!
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